Trunk



May 17,1927.-

' F. H. LANGMUIR TRUNK Filed Deo. 19. 1925 zza'r ,47m/PMS ys.

fm M "mA/#0401447 Patented May 17, 1927.

UNITED STATES- PATENT @was FRANK Ei. LANGMUIR, E wooDBUnY, NEW JERSEY, AssrGNoa "ro BELEER TRNK sa BAG COMPANY, or' PHILADELPPHA, PENNSYLVANIA, A coaPoRATIoN 0E PENN- SYLVANIA.

TRUNK.

Application fue@ December The object of my invention is to lprovide a trunk having edges, corners and reinforc= ing pieces of peculiar contours and lwhich provide a construction adapted to increaseV are shown in theaccompanying drawings, in.

whichl0 trunk body.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of one vof the corners of a trunk body embodying my invention.`

Fig. 3 isa view, similar to-Fig.r 2, ofl a modification.-

Fig. 4 is a vertical section, on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2, through the top and one side of the trunk body of Fig. 2. I

Fig. 5 is a similar view, on theline 5 5 of Fig. 2, through the trunk body of Fig. 3.

In Figure 1,1 have shown the upper part of a trunk body standing on end, which is the normal .position of a wardrobe trunk. For the sake of simplicity I have not shown the body divided into the two compartments of which the trunk is composed, as this would involve the illustration of details unrelated to the present invention.

The trunk body of Fig. 2 comprises a top a and sides b and c, and longitudinally extending reinforcing strips cl. The top a overlies the sides, and the side b overlaps the side c.

The top is bevelled along its edges at an angle to its face of about 45 degrees to form the bevel edges a, a. At the corner the adjacent edges are cut away at about equal angles to the bevels a, a', to form a bevel corner a2 having the form of a trapezoid.

The side Z) has an upper lateral edge which extends at right angles to its face and which underliesand abuts against the top. The side b is bevelled alongits vertical edge al an angle toA its face of about 45 degrees to form the bevel edge b. At the corner, the edge is cut away to form a bevel corner b2, having the form of a rhombus, that ext-ends parallel to and flush with the face of the bevel corner a2 of the top a.

The side c has an upper lateral edge which extends at right angles to its face and which underlies and abuts against the top, and a vertical edge which extends at'right angles Fig. l is a perspective view of -a part cfa l 19, 1925. serial No. 76,377.

Ato its face andabuts against the side b. At

the corner,fthe edge is cut away to form a bevel corner 02, having the form of a triangle, that extends parallel to and flush with the faces a2 and b2, vforming with them a hexagonally shaped bevel corner a2, b2, c2.

Extending adjacent each edge of each of the members a, b and c, and on the outside t-hereo'f, is v a reinforcing strip d. The outer edge of each lstrip Yis bevelled to 4formV a face CZ parallel and flush with the adjacent bevel edge f//or b; thereby forming 'a bevel edge y, as shown in Fig. 1. Each strip l diminishes in thickness' from itsfouter edgev forward its inner edge, thereby providing a face'sloping rearward Vtoward the face' of v'the member a, or c to` which itis applied.

At each corner the strips are cut away to form triangular shaped bevelled faces extending parallel to and flush with the face of the hexagonal shaped bevelled corner formed by cutting away the edges of the top and sides.l These triangular bevelled faces, together with said hexagonal bevelled face, form a triangular shaped bevel corner w. When the described elements are assembled, the trunk presents the appearance shown in Fig. l. Metal corner pieces are vusually applied to the trunk, but these corner pieces are not shown, as they would conceal the structure that it is desired to illustrate.

The construction shown in Figs. 8 and 5 l is the same as that shown in Figs. 2 and 4 except that the top e extends within the `sides f and g. In such a construction it is desirable to form twoof the bevelled faces f, f', on the side f and the third bevelled face. g on the side g. l

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:

1. A trunk body provided withl bevelled edges and provided also with bevelled corners each of whose faces extends in a plane oblique to all the faces of the three adjacent trunk walls and all the faces of the three adjacent bevelled edges, and reinforcingv edges and provided also with bevelled corners each of whose faces eXtendsin a plane oblique/to all the faces of the' tliree ad'- jacent tru-nk Walls and all the faces of the three adjacent bevelled edges, and reinforcing strips secured to the outside' of the Walls and adjacent to and* along opposite si-des of said bevelled edges and bevelled to form faces in substantially the same planes as the faces of said bevelled edges andeornersi n 3. A trunk body comprising Walls forming sides and' topfy one otthree adjacent Walls overlapping the edges of other two Wallsand: oneiolf the last nained tWo- Walls overlapping? the edge eli the other, the edges oi? the eme-rlapping Wall and the corner oil'. the Wall:y being loevellecl7V andi strips secu-red tothe outside,- of the Walls and adjacent to' and along opposite sides. of' said' bevelled: edges and bevelled. to forrngfaeesi insubsta'ntialflfy the sanne planes as the faces et saidv bevelled edges andv corner.

4., A trunk body provided! with bevelled eel-ges,l and reinforcing strips seen-red tothe outside of the trunk- Wallsand adjacent to and. along opposite sides of said bevelled edges,` said strips beingk bevelled along their outer edges to fornis faces in substantially the same planes as the iiaces of sai-d bevelci' the lirst Wall being bevelled and the edge of the second Wall adjacent the edge of the third Wall being bevelled, the edges ot the three walls being shaped at saidI corner to provide' a bevelled corner WhoseV face" extendsinI a' plane obliqueto the faces of the threev adjacent' Wallsa-nd the' faces off the three ad jacent bevelled" edges, and reinforcing strips secured to the outside or' the Wailflsand1 ade jacent to and along, oppositesidesof said bevellefl edges and. bevel'led to form' in substantially the saine yplanes as the faces t saidV bevel-led.I edges7 .said strips: difininishing in thickness from their outer edges to- Wardl their inner edge In testimony off Whichinyention', I halve hereunto set my hand, at Philadelphia, l'ennsylvaniaion this 14th day of December, 1925. Y

AFRANK LaNGMU-IR. 

